Shoe-fastening



(No Model.)

A. O. O'ARMAN.

$HOE FASTENING. No. 339,146. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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UNITED STATES ATENTI OFFICE.

ALVIN O. CARMAN, OF POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 339,146, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed January 22. 1886. Serial No. 189,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may conce n/.-

Beit known that I, ALVIN O. CARMAN, of Potterville, in the county ofEaton and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtaius to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to fastenings for overshoes, and isalso applicableto other kinds of shoes; and the object of my invention is to produce asimple and inexpensive fastening which will securely connect the flapsof the shoe, and which maybe easily manipulated.

To the above purposes my invention consists in an eccentrically -pivotedlever de signed to be attached to one flap of the shoe, and providedwith a stud for engaging the slots of a catclrplate secured to theopposite flap of the shoe.

My invention also consists in certain peculiar and novel features ofconstruction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of an overshoe with my improved fasteningapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detached view showing two forms ofconstruction of the fasteninglever and the rivet for securing thefasteninglever to the shoe-flap.

In the said drawings, A designates an overshoe, and a a its flaps. Tothe flap a is attached, in any suitable manner, the catch plate I),having one or more slot-s, I), extending transversely to the length ofsaid plate.

0 designates my improved fastening-lever, which is of approximate Lshape, the two arms of the lever meeting at a somewhat acute angle. Thearm 0 of said lever is enlarged, so as to properly receive the rivet d,by which the lever is pivoted to the flap a. This rivet has two flanges,d and (1 between which the body of the flap is confined, and a head, d,

between which and the flange d the lever is freely confined. The outerend of the arm 0 of the lever should be turned somewhat upward, toafford an easy hold upon the lever. Upon the portion a of this lever isformed a T-shaped stud, c", which stands erect from the portion a, andwhich maybe either formed separately and attached to the lever orpunched outtherefrom and properly bent up. It will thus be seen that byinserting the stud 0' into one of the slots b and then turning the leverso that its arm shall rest against the outer edge of the plate I), theflaps of the shoe will be securely connected, and no pulling strains canseparate the parts of the fastening. By simply throwing the lever in theopposite direction till the arm 0 lies parallel with the outer end ofthe plate and the head of the stud 0 lies parallel with the slots b theparts of the fastening may be readilysepa rated.

This device maybe quickly and readily inanipulated even with the handsgloved. The parts of the device may also all be made cheaply of sheetmetal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fastener for shoes, the combination, with a catch-plate securedto one flap of the shoe and having an opening or slot therein, of alever loosely secured to the other flap of the shoe and provided with astud adapted to engage the slot or opening in the catchplate, allarranged to operate substantially as set forth.

2. The lever having arms 0 0, arranged as described, and provided withthe stud 0 upon its arm 0, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, with the transverselyslotted plate I), of the leverhaving arms 0 c and stud 0 substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. A shoe having a flap carrying the slot ted plate b, and an oppositeflap carrying the eccentrically-pivoted lever having the arms 0 o andT-shaped stud 0 as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALVIN O. GARMAN.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. VAN AUKEN, GYRUs N. STREETER.

